Quantitative Literacy and Guns
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چکیده
Briggs, William. 2017. How America Got Its Guns: A History of the Gun Violence Crisis ; (Albuquerque, University New Mexico Press). 352 pp. Paperback: ISBN 978-0-8263-5813-4. E-book 978-0-8263-5814-1. Quantitative literacy and statistics are just two many disciplines required to understand problem gun violence in America. However, it’s also useful appreciate their limitations an issue that is so complex.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Numeracy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1936-4660']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.14.2.1398